ABSTRACT
David M McCourt and Brent J Steele identify three generations of Constructivists in their essay, on the reasonable assumption that "individuals from the same generational cohort share certain cultural views and dispositions on account of their belonging to that generation." David and Brent themselves gave lie to the generational model. David was a late student of Fritz's in Europe, while Brent was a student of one of Fritz's earlier students in the United States. In time, any such band tends to reproduce generational dynamics. Members of the third generation seem to be clearer on the Zeitgeist animating the preceding generation than that of their own time, perhaps because they lack an overarching frame of reference. While the end of the Cold War provides the second-generation Constructivists with just such a frame, even they are less than clear on who they are normatively. David and Brent pick up on social struggle as the Zeitgeist for third generation.
